Six people, including a 14-year-old boy, were shot at 8th and Clearfield Streets. It occurred a day after nine other people were shot, two fatally, in five incidents across the city.
The girl was ejected from the Super Sizzler extreme ride at the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival in Cumberland County. Organizers canceled games and a parade planned for Sunday.
Richard Frank retired from the Philadelphia Police Department after being accused of sexually harassing female cops. Now he's charged with indecent assault and corrupting the morals of a minor in Southampton Township, Bucks County.
City Councilman at-Large Derek Green proposed the funding after learning Wednesday that a city teacher has mesothelioma, a form of cancer linked to asbestos.
“Disturbed asbestos has been observed and reported at schools across the district,” said teachers’ union president Jerry Jordan. “The students and educators are literally risking death whenever they go to school — that is a shocking, shocking thing.”
The kidnapper texted Jenkins's relatives a picture of the man, bound and blindfolded, and demanded 10 to 15 pounds of marijuana as a ransom payment. His body was found the next day.
A new state report finds that children’s exposure to lead is much worse than previously known. State lawmakers detail legislation to help protect children from lead’s toxic scourge.
